Eamonn Butler Scholarship at Escape Studios

Eamonn Butler

One of the principal ways we are able to support undergraduate students at Escape Studios is through our scholarship program. We offer a full fee scholarship to a talented student to help them realise their dreams of becoming an Animator. The "Eamonn Butler Scholarship" is named after one of the world's leading animators, currently Head of Animation at Cinesite in London.

If you’re passionate about working in the industry, this scholarship will help you fund your studies at Escape Studios and launch your career in the creative industries.

The scholarship is fully funded - ie it is worth the full value of studying an undergraduate degree at Escape Studios.

Scholarships at Escape Studios - and Beyond

Eamonn Butler

One question we often get asked at Escape Studios is what kind of scholarships are available for study.

We have a dedicated scholarship for studying animation; it's the Eamonn Butler scholarship, named after the Head of Animation at Cinesite, who for many years headed up the animation dept at Disney.

Escape Studios Animators Visit Cinesite

Escape animators visit Cinesite

Our Advanced Animation and Master's Degree students visited Cinesite last Monday, to get feedback from one of London's leading animation and VFX houses.

Cinesite Head of animation Eamonn Butler personally reviewed our students' work, giving them feedback and notes.

The journey of our animators is far from over. Their first cut of their demo reels will be just that - a first cut, and they will continue to polish and perfect their work as they apply for work in the industry.

Escape Studios Animators Visit Cinesite

Animation short course students with tutor Simone Giampaolo

Our Short Course Animation Students are visiting Cinesite today, to get feedback from one of London's leading animation and VFX houses.

Cinesite Head of animation Eamonn Butler will be personally reviewing our students' work, giving them feedback and notes.

The journey of our short course animators is not over. Their first cut of their demo reels will be just that - a first cut, and they will continue to polish and perfect their work as they apply for work in the industry.

Evening With Eamonn Butler Wed 4th October

Eamonn Butler

We're delighted to host an Evening With Eamonn Butler, head of animation at Cinesite, at Escape Studios' Holborn Campus on wednesday 4th October.

Eamonn is a director of Cinesite, one of London's major VFX houses, and a founder of the growing animated features side of the business.

Eamonn directs all aspects of Cinesite’s animation output, and there isn't anyone better qualified to talk to our students about animation, animation jobs, demo reels - and how to break into the business.

The event is free for all our students and we strongly recommend that all our animators attend - this is a great chance to meet one of the major players in our industry.

What Should Go in an Animation Demo Reel? Eamonn Butler Reveals the Secrets

Eamonn Butler

Last night Escape Studios welcomed our latest speaker to our regular “Escape Labs” event – where we investigate the new technology that is driving the animation and visual effects industry.

We were proud to host Cinesite’s head of animation, Eamonn Butler, who came to talk to us at our Strand HQ about Cinesite's expanding animation pipeline - developing and producing their own slate of animated films.

Of particular interest to our student animators was what Eamonn had to say on the subject of animation demo reels: what to do – and what not to do.